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COIN CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 3. I9l8.

1,420,834. Patented June 27, 1922.

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UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

HARVEY GILES, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO ARTEMAS WARD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

COIN-CONTROLLED VENDING MACHINE.

Application filed June 3,

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, l-laavnx Ginns, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coin Controlled Vending Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The invention pertains more particularly to coin-controlled vending machines for the sale of confections, and it resides in the novel features, structure and combinations of parts hereinafter described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

my invention pertains are provided with trays adapted to receive vertical columns or stacks of the pieces of confection or the like to be sold, and some of these machines have trays containing four side by side compartments for the pieces of confection and others have eight side by side compartments for the confections, and other machines have different numbers of compartments in the trays thereof.

One purpose of my invention is to economize in the space occupied by vending machines and the expense incident to the replenishing of the trays thereof, and tothis end I provide a machine, of the width of the ordinary four column machine, having twosets of compartments placed back to back and occupying, if I make use of eight of the compartments, the customary width of a four column machine. The tray having the eight vertical compartments for the columns'of confections to besold these coin.- partments being placed back to l. ack', four being at the front and four at'the rear, af-

40 fords the capacity of an eight column machine and, as distinguished froma four column machine, requires to be replenished no more frequently than an eight column machine would be required to be replenished,

whereby the expense of attending to the machines reduced and the machines themselves-occupy very much less space than Vending machines of the class to which Specification of Letters Patent. Patented June 27, 1922,

1918. Serial No. 237,855.

the succeeding sales are made from the front trays until the front trays have been emptied, and thereafter if the machine is continued in operation, as will be usual, the pieces of confection will be sold from the rear trays until those trays have become emptied, and thereafter an attendant may replenish both sets of trays with confections for further sales from the machine.

The coin-controlled mechanism of my invention comprises goods ejectors for the two sets of trays and means, on the introduction of the proper coins into the machine, for the manual operation of said ejectors for displacing the goods and causing them to fall upon a chute whereby theyare directed to the purchaser. The coin-controlled mechanism of my invention comprises various fea tures and details of construction, all of which will be better understood from the specific explanation thereof hereinafter presented.

My invention also comprises means for the protection of the trays and coin-controlled mechanism, as well as the coins in the coin box, from the rough treatment to which coin-controlled vending machines located in public places are subjected in attempts to open the machines for the purpose of removing the coins and confections therefrom.

The invention will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter presented, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a coin-controlled vending machine en'ibodying my invention i Fig. 2 is a vertical section. of the same, taken on the dotted line 22 of Fig. 1, with all of the interior parts in normal position, thesection being only through the cabinet and delivery chute;

Fig. 3 is a vertical section, on an. enlarged scale, on the dotted line 33 of Fig. 7, with the interior mechanism shown in normal position ready for operation;

Fig. at is a vertical sect-ion, taken on. the dotted line 4; l*of Fig. 7, a part of the interior mechanism being omitted and that shown being intended more particularly to illustrate the means for locking the vending mechanism in position and the coin box door in closed position, said door however being in this figure shown in its open position;

Fig. 5 is a detailed sectional view, taken on the dotted line 55 of Fig. 4;-

F ig'. 6 is a further detailed ection taken on the dotted line (36 of Fig. l;

Fig. 7 is a horizontal section through the machine, taken on the dotted line 'l7 oi Fig. 3, all of the mechanism being shown in normal position ready for use;

Fig. 8 is a front elevation, partly broken away and partly in section, of the lower portion of the machine, the interior mechanism being illustrated in front elevation. and the lower front covering plate o the machine being omitted;

Fig. 9 is a transverse section 'tl1l("" ""l the tray for holding confections. looki downwardly and taken on the dotted line 9 9 of Fig. 11;

Fig. 10 is a bottom view oit holding confections;

Fig. 11 is a rear elevation, par away, of the tray this figure showing more particularly the lower portion of the tray; and

Fig. 12 is a detail section through a portion. of the lower part oi the tray, taken on the dotted line 12-12 of Fig. 11;

In the drawings, designates the exterior casing of the machine as whole said casing comprising a back 81, sides 32, a top 33, bottom 8%. a lower front portion and 2. removable front or door in. rear of the door 36 is formed a chamber for the tray, numbered as a whole 37, for holding the stacks or vertical columns of confections and within the lower portion of tho -asing is formed a chamber for the operative mechanism of the machine and also for a coinreceptacle 38 which receives the coins aft-er they have left the operative mechanic l the tr ay tor m and from which the coins may be removed when desired and after the hinged back and bottom 39 oi? the receptacle has been u'si oclced to swing downwardly and rcarwardly to the position. in which it is shown in F At the rear of the coin box or receptacle is provided a chute 40 down which the pieces dislodged from the tray may slide to an opening l]. below the trout section 85 oi? the casing and from which opening aid pieces may be removed by hand.

Above the chamber enclosing the operative mechanism is a substantially horiz ital covering plate or frame 42 whose er ges are adapted to guide in grooves 1-3 formed. in the sides 32 of the main casing as indicated in Fig. 1. The rear portion of the plate or frame e2 is formed with a depressed seat l-l for the lower edge of the front door 36, and rearwardly of said scat 2L4; the pl e frame 42 is equipped with upwardly l ing plates 45 which aid in locating the lower edge of the door 36 upon said seat and. which plates may be termed integrally with metal plate do which covers the main bottom m. ones portion oi. the plate or 'lrame 4-2, which preferably,make of wood. and ,tlll plate so is torn ed with a downwzn lly extending c 'ont flange 45? to aid the san'ie f1 protecting the wooden covering frame o late 12 and 70 also in 'liirining an c p i for the upper edges of a coin slot pr; .rein i ..'cd to. The sides of the main o the sides and lower edge oil. said door, and

being tl ormcd. on metal 8 (Z) secured. to the inner sur he sides i i hel the covering or name is slid to position ale 'e guiding slots or recesses the door placed upon the seat l l and the recesses in said door are lovwred d wnwarti upon the studs or pins 4L9. and thereupon the upper endv oi the door 236 sci-aired to the top 33 ot the casing by means of a snitable lock 52. When the door 36 is locked "n position it prevents the WI val oi the covering plate or Frame and at the same time sait covering plate or i ranie l2 conceals the lower end oi the door 36.

i the door 00 is unlocked and iijlfted U its upper enr eased from the pins or stut plate or frame nay b from the grooves Upon 1'. ie upper edge rt "3 of the mai naontal shell and upon the rear a series oi concave nno 1 edges to serve 1G5 as seats iproca. I lunger rods 55. tour or which are made use of in tl ma chine illustrated, said rods bong the operating rods for the machine. The plates 54: are integral with a trziusvcrse metal plate 53 clearly shown in Fig. i.

Tin, space between the i'c-rii'ari. tion oi the covering plate or ira: the shell. 53 is cover-cl in? plate 48 which will 1 oi: mt

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in rear of the aforesaid from flange l? formed on the metal pl The {hinge 4;? serves to protect the uoper edge of the plate 48. The lower portion oi. the plate &8 extends downwardly behind the shell and is slotted to straddl the aforesaid plates 5d, said plate 18 the upper ends at its said slots being recessed. at to transv rsely encompass the pl rods being thus t ensv L tween the upper en is o I the recesses 58 the p i8. i do its opposite side edges is held bet con metal plates 59 which are secured to the sides of the main casing and have vertical ribs 60 to engage the front of the side edges of said plate 48, and the plates 59 are also formed with projections 61., 62 in rear of the rib 60 to engage the rear of the side edges of the plate 48, said plate l8 being thus held by the ribs 60 and projections 61, 62 against movement frontwardly or rearwardly, but being permitted at the proper time and on the removal of the front frame 42 to be slid upwardly from the machine.

The tray 37 is of special construction in that among other features it is composed of a plurality of auxiliary sections 75 (each intended for a column of confection) placed back to back and connected together, the main tray in the present instance comprising four front sections 7 5 and four rear sections 75, and the several sections both at the front and rear being connected together, in the usual manner, to form a substantially integral structure; and in addition the front and rear sections 75 are secured together at their upper and lower ends, the upper ends of said front and rear sections being connected by plates 76 (Fig. 2) and the lower ends of said front and rear sections being secured together by end plates 77, also shown 1n Fig. 2. The front and rear series of sections are separated throughout the greater portion of their length by a space 78, and the front series of sections 75 open frontwardly and the rear series of said sections open rearwardly, and both series of sections are formed at their open sides with inwardly extending flanges 79, SO, respectively, to retain the columns of confections within said sections, the pieces of confection being numbered 81. The flanges 79, are of known type, and likewise the pieces of confection 81 are of usual character. At their opposite lower edges the several sections of the tray 37 are provided with flanges 82, also of known character, for snpporting the columns of confection at the end edges of the pieces thereof, and the flanges 82 at the lower ends of the sides of the main tray may be formed by Hanging the plates 77 inwardly below the front and rear adj acent sections 75, while the flanges S2 for the intermediate sections 75 may be formed integrally with a connecting and supporting plate 83 which is at the front of the main tray 37 and has members extending inwardly below the adjoining edges of the adj acent trays 7 5, which members afford the lateral flanges 82 to receive the end edges of the lower pieces of confection 81. The flanges 82 are usual in trays for slot machines and in themselves do not constitute features of novelty. I preferably form the end-plates 7'7 integrally with the plate 83 and rearwardly extending members which afford the flanges 82, but these parts may be made in separate pieces should that be desired. At the rear side of the lower portion of the tray 37 I connect the series of rear sections 75 by means of a plate S l, this plate serving to additionally connect the series of rear sections '75 together, and at the lower edge portion of the plate 84 I secure a rod 85 upon which are hinged a series of independent plates 86, there being one plate 86 for each rear section 7 5, and said plate normally extending downwardly in rear of the upper portion of the lower pieces of confection in said rear sections 7 5. In Figs. 3, 11 and 12 I show the plates 86 in their normal position, and these plates are not only hinged on the rod 85, but by means of small coiled springs 87 (Figs. 9, 10, 11) are given a normal tension yieldingly maintaining them in their normal vertical positon, shown in Figs. 3 and 10. The plates 86 are less in length than the width of the rear tray sections 75, as shown in Fig. 10, and they do not extend downwardly entirely to the lower ends of said tray sections, the partitions between which extend downwardly to and preferably enter slots in the rear ends of the members of the plate 83 which afford the lateral flanges 82, as shown in Figs. 10 and 11, in which, for convenience, I number said partitions as 88. The hinged plates 86 turn rearwardly and upwardly under the pressure of a piece of confection being ejected and then immediately return to their vertical position, so as to prevent the jarring out of any additional pieces of confection or the carrying out of an upper piece of confection by friction contact with a lower piece being ejected. The spring plates 86 are all independent of one another, and hence the action of one plate 86 has no effect on the other plates 86.

Between the lower ends of the front and rear sections of the tray 37 I secure a rod 89, and on this rod 89 are loosely hinged or hung a series of plates each having two lips or fingers 90, one being at each side of each: tray section '75 and directly above the flanges 82 (Fig. 9) supporting the columns of confections. In the neutral condition of the machine, when installed and loaded with the confections, the fingers 90 extend downwardly between the front and rear tray sections 75, as shown in Fig. 3, and the lower ends of the fingers 90 lie between the front and rear. lower pieces of confection in said sections, and in such position perform no special duty. The fingers 90 for each rear tray section 75 are separated from each other by a space at least equal to the width of a goods ejector, so that a goods-ejector may pass between them, but the said space between said fingers 90 is less than the length of a piece of confection 81. One novel feature of the tray 37 is to provide the front and rear tray sections 75 and equip the same with means whereby after the bottom piece of confection in a rear s ction has been sold, all of the subsequent sales shall primarily be from the related front section '75 until said front tray section has been emptied, and to this end l provide the pairs of lingers 90, one pair he ing at the front of the lower end of each rear tray section 75.

I may explain here that I employ two goods ejectors numbered 91, 92, respectively, for each pair of front and rear tray sections 75, and that the ejector 91 serves to displace the successive pieces of confection from the front tray section 75 and move the e to the bottom of the rear tray section '75, and that the ejector 92 dislodges the pieces of confection from the bottom of the rear tray sections 75 so that they may slide down the aforesaid chute 40 to the delivery opening ell. The pieces of confection held in the front tray section 75 are not sold therefrom. di rectly but are successively displaced there from, by the goods ejector 91, to the bottom of the rear tray section 75, from which they are successively discharged by the goods ejector 92, this operation taking place until the front tray section 75 has been emptied, whereupon the goods ejector 91 will travel idly back and forth at each operation of ll 2, inc and the rear goods ejector 92 will effect the dislodgement of the successive pieces of confection in the rear tray iection '75 until said section has been emptied, thereupon both the front and rear tray tions 75 will be replenished.

Une novel feature of the front tray sections 75 is that the lower ends of the front flanges 79 thereof are bent rearwardly, as 93, and these rearwardly inclined portions of said flanges 7 9 result in the bottom piece of confection 81 in the front tray sections being normally displaced slightly rearwardly, as shown in Fig. 3, thus slightly offsetting the bottom piece of confection in the front tray section 75 from the piece immediately above it, and one advanta a of this tux-c that the goods ejector 91 is permitted, with greater assurance, to engage the bottom piece of confection and move it rear-war l3, without disturbing the piece of confection immediately above said bottom. piece.

The front tray sections 75 are equippei with weights 9% of customary character to rest upon the column of confections therein, and said weights are concaved at their lower ends, as usual, so that after all of the pieces of confection in a front tray section 75 have been sold, the goods ejector 91 may continue its movements with the rear goods ejector 92 without interference from said weight. The rear column sections 75 are also equipped with weights (Fig. numbered 95, to press upon the columns of confections in said rear sections 75, and said weights 95 are of special construction, as shown in Fig.

L with pivoted w ithiu .ioi slots 9? :ghts. 'l, to weights 95 are also provided with light springs 98 which normally press downwardly upon the front operative ends of paid latch plates 570. The latch plates 96 are formed at their rear ends with stop shoulders 99 to limit the downward movement of the front ends of said plates, and the front ends of said plates are formed with hooks 1.00 adapted to catch upon the roar goods ejector-s 92 when any of said ejectors has been moved rearwardly and dislodged the final piece of confection from a rear tray section 75, the engagement of said heel: with said goods ejector 92 being automatic, due to the gravity of the latch plate and the action of the spring 98, and. serving to locl: said goods ejector 953 and the parts connected therewith, in their rear inoperative position. Th locking goods ejector 92 and parts c ncealed therewith in their re 1 ve position. when the rear tr "[5 has been emptied, also results in the plunger rod in'tendc for such rear ting, section being locked in its inner position, so that until the time for replenishing said rear tray section, said p-unger rod in pcrative.

The tray 3'? as a whole is held in position upon stationary arms 10f extending up wardly from the mechanism of the machine and entering holes in the supporting or bracket plate 83 and also by screws 102 which also extend upwardly I 'om the mechunisn'i of the machine and rec upon their heads the lower end of the tray between the rear sections 7 thereof, there being two of the screws 102 made use of and two of the vertical arms 101., as shown in Fig '7. The upper ends of the arms 101 are of reduced width and hence afford shoulders, as shown in lfiig. 7, to support the bracket plate 83, which. as hcreinbeforc explained, is rigid with tl e tray I I The. coin box or .L'GCGPtRFlG 38 comprises the aforesaid cmiibincd back-and-bolitom 39, pivotally secnrral at its upper rear opposite end edges upon side screws 103, side plates 10lsecured to the sides of the main casing, a fornrd top section 105 and a lower front angle-plate 106, which plate 106 is pivotally secured, as at 107, and is spring pressed forwardly, by springs 108, in a direction from the lower edge of ti e hinged bottom 39, so that when the said bottom 39 is to descend, for the discharge of the coins, the plate 106 willturn forwardly and permit said bottom to fall downwardl -J againstthe chute -e'.-0, or to the position shown in Fig. la ll hen the hinged bottom 39 is in its upper operative position, the lower flange of the plate 106 extends below the front edge of said bottom 39 and serves to aid in loclo said bottom in secure closed position, as

shown in Fig. 3. The hinged plate 106 is locked in its closed position by means of vertically slidable latch bars 109, there being one of these bars 109 adjacent to each side of the machine and close against the side plates 101 of the coin box. The bars 109 are, at their lower ends, formed with slots 110 which receive screws 111 and permit of the vertical movement of said bars 109 on said screws. The bars or plates 109 may also have a pivotal movement to a limited extent on said screws 111. Above their lower ends the bars or plates 109 are given a spring tension rearwardly by means of small coiled springs 112, the springs 112 serving to pull the upper portions of the bars or plates 109 against stop pins 113 extending toward each other from the side plates 101 of the coin box, and adjacent to the pins 113 the latch bars 109 are formed with shoulders 111 which cooperate with the pins 113 in locking the latch bars in their lower operative position, shown in Fig. 3, and holding the plate 106 in its closed position. In Fig. 1 I illustrate the latch bars or plates 109 in their upper inoperative position, in which position they permit the angle plate 106 to be turned to its open position by means of the springs 108. The extreme upper portions of the bars or plates 109 curve rearwardly, as at 115, and afford handles by which said bars may be pulled upwardly or pressed downwardly.

The plate 106 is formed at its lower opposite side edges with laterally projecting arms 116 8), and these arms are at the rear of the lower ends of the latch bars or plates 109 when said plates are in their lower position shown in Fig. 3, and in this relation of the parts the plates 109 serve to lock the angle plate 106 in its closed or operative position shown in Fig. supporting and concealing the front edge of the hinged bottom plate 39 of the coin receptacle. Vhen the latch plates 109 are pulled upwardly so as to clear the arms 116, the springs 108 will turn the angle plate 106 to its open position, shown in Fig. 1, and then the bottom plate 39 will turn downwardly and permit the coins thereon to slide downwardly to the discharge opening 11. In the use of the latch bars or plates 109, their upper ends 115 are, when it is desired to release the angle plate 106, drawn forwardly so as to carry the shoulders 111 of said plates from under the pins 113 and then said plates 109 are lifted upwardly to the position shown in Fig. 1. lVhen it is desired to lock the angle plate 106 in its closed position, the latch plates 109 are pushed downwardly and then turned rearwardly so as to carry the shoulders 111 below the pins 113 or to the position shown in Fig. 3. The latch plates 109 cannot be manipulated from the front opening 11, because they cannot be pushed upwardly by reason of the engagement of the shoulders 111 with the pins 113, and they cannot be turned forwardly so as to carry said shoulders from said pins, because the coin slot plate 18 has, on its rear side, pins or studs 11'? which, when said coin slot plate is positioned, stand close against the front edges of the upper portions of said latch plates and bind said plates in their operative position.

\Vhenever it is desired to remove the coins from the coin receptacle, the front 36 of the main casing must be removed and then the shelf 12 must be withdrawn so as to release the coin slot plate 18, and thereupon the coin slot plate will be elevated from the easing and thus expose the latch plates 109 so that they may be released from the pins 113 and pulled upwardly or to the position shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose of releasing the angle plate 106 from the bottom 39 of the coin receptacle.

The top 105 of the coin receptacle is in-,

clined downwardly and forwardly and may be utilized as a means for returning improper coins to the purchaser, said coins falling downwardly on the chute 10 and appearing at the delivery opening 11.

That portion of the machine which may be designated as the mechanism and which is located above the coin receptacle, may be handled as a unit and is shown in top view in Fig. 7 and front elevation in Fig. 8, and this mechanism comprises a stationary main supporting plate 118 having a downwardly turned rear end 119 and at its front end having secured thereto a vertical plate 120 and a small upwardly and rearwardly inclined plate 121. The plate 118 supports the operative mechanism and is secured in position upon shoulders 122 (Fig. 1) at the upper edges of the sides 101 of the coin receptacle. The plate 118 has at opposite sides of about its middle side portions downwardly turned ears 123 (Fig. 1) and these ears carry pins 121 adapted to be hooked into rearwardly opening slots 125 of bracket plates 126 which extend upwardly from the aforesaid shoulders 122, as shown in Figs. 1 and 5. The plate 118 adjacent to the opposite side edges of its front portion has downwardly extending ears 127 at whose lower front edges are outwardly bent flanges 128 (Fig. 6) which are adapted to be engaged by lingers 129 formed on the lower ends of vertically slidable latch plates 130, these plates 130 being slotted and secured to the sides of the main casing and vertically movable. hen the plates 130 are pushed downwardly their fingers 129 pass in rear of the flanges 128 and then serve with the aforesaid pins 121 to lock the mechanism in 0perative position, with the ears 123, 127 resting upon the aforesaid shoulders 122. The front shelf 12 of the main casing is directly over and conceals the latch plates 130, and

hence said plates cannot be operated to re lease the mechanism until said shelf 412 has been withdrawn. ll lien the shelf 42 is withdrawn from the machine and the latch plates 130 are pulled upwardly, so as to release the ears 127, the attendant may by first pushing the mechanism rearwardly to free the pins 12 from the bracket plates 126, lift the mechanism out of the main casing for such attention as it may require.

For each plunger rod 55 at each coin slot there is, below the main supporting plate 118, a stationary plate 131 and a sliding plate 1 18 respectively carrying the coin-controlled devices, the plunger rod being tened to the plate 148 and said plate being movable with said rod, which rod and plate are normally held in their outer or forward position by a coiled spring 151 and are returned to such position by said spring after the plunger and plate have been moved inwardly either in the act of selling a piece of confection or idly.

Upon the upper side of the main supporting plate 118 for the mechani m, 1 provide for each plunger rod 55 and consequently for each coin slot, a back-and-forth slidii'ig plate 170, these plates being alike and lying flat upon the upper surface of the supporting plate 118 and parallel with one another. The plates 170 carry the goods ejector-s 91, 92 hereinbel'ore referred to, these eicctors being of sheet metal and having ears extending downwardly from the opposite sides thereof and which are pivotally .ecured tween corresponding ears turned upwardly from the edges of the plates 170. The goods ejectors 91, 92 incline downwardly and forwardly, being overweighted at their forward portions, by reason of which said ejectors normally take an operative position. The means, on the introduction of the prop er coin to the machine, for moving the plates 170 and the goods ejectors carried by them rearwardly to operate the machine, consists of the lip or finger 162 on the bellcrank plate 155 and a downwardly extending side member 171 integral with each of said plates 170 and projecting downwardly through slots 172 in the main top plate 118 and having at their lower ends a fork 173 between whose vertical fingers or members the lips 162 of the plates 155 normally stand, as shown in Fig. 3. hen no coin is fed to the machine or an improper coin, and the plunger rod 55 is pressed inwardly, we have already seen that when the plate 155 leaves the stop 1 10. its lip 162 will turn down: wardly under the force of the spring 160, and this notwithstanding the fact that the said finger or lip 162 initially stands between the two members of the fork 173, and said fork will not be actuated at such time. lVhen however a proper coin is introduced to the machine and a plunger 55 is pushed ineach pair of pawls 177 wardly, the lip or finger 162 of the plate 155 will press against the rear member of the fork 173 and at the same time ride along above a shelf or guide not shown, and through said fork and plate 171 cause the related slide 170 to move rearwardly and carry the goods ejectors 91, 92 against the lower pieces of confection as above described.

The plates 170 are guided in their forward and backward. movements oy means of slots 17 1 cut in said plates and screws 175 which pass downwardly through said slots and engage the main top plate 118. I form ratchet teeth 176 on side of the plates 170 and pivot pawls 177 on the plate 118 in position to engage said ratchet teeth when a plate 170 is moved rearwardly. 1: connect 0 y means of a small coiled spring 178 which serves to keep the pawls spring-pressed against the ratchet teeth 176 and to turn said pawls to no .-nal position at right angles to the plates 1'70 when said plates are at their full rear position or at their full front position.

The operation of the several f atures of the machine have been pointed out hereinbe'lore to a sntilcient extent to render an laborate further detail description oi such operation unnecessary. l lach plunger rod 55 and the mechanism connected therewith is duplicate 0t each of the other plunger rods and the cooperating mechanism thereot.

lVhen the plates 170 are moved rearwardly on tl e sales of the confections, said plates pass rearwardly beyond the rear edge of the main supporting plate 118, and the dislodged pieces of confection may fall on the rear ends of said plates 170, when said plates are in their rear position, but such pieces will not be carried back into the machine on the return front-ward movements of the plates 170, because said plates move frontwardly between rigid vertical flanges 200 which are spaced apart a distance less than the length of a piece of confection and serve to strip, whenever necessary, a piece of confection from the plates 170 on the return frontward movement of said plates.

lVh-at I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters-Intent, is:

1. In a coin-controlled vending machine, in combination, a general casing, a vertical tray therein having front and rear sections for stacks of confections, goods-ejectors for said sections, one ejector for ejecting the bot tom piece of one stack and the other for displacing the bottom piece of the other stack to the bottom of the first mentioned stack, and a manually operative rod for effecting a sale on the introduction of a coin. to the machine.

2. In a coin-controlled vending machine, in combination, a general casing, a vertical tray therein having front and rear sections for stacks of confections, goods-ejectors for said sections, one ejector for ejecting the bottom piece of one stack and the other for displacing the bottom piece of the other stack to the bottom of the first mentioned stack, and a manually operative rod. for effecting a sale on the introduction of a coin to the machine, said tray having between the lower ends of said sections hinged members adapted on the ejection of the first bottom piece from the first mentioned stack to be folded up under the other pieces of Said stack under the pressure of the displaced piece from the other stack to said first mentioned stack.

3. In a coin-controlled vending machine, in combination, a general casing, a vertical tray therein having front and rear sections for stacks of confections, goodsejectors for said sections, one ejector for ejecting the bottom piece of one stack and the other for displacing the bottom piece of the other stack to the bottom of the first men tioned stack, a manually operative rod for effecting a sale on the introduction of a coin to the machine, and said tray having between the lower ends of said sections hinged members adapted on the ejection of the first bottom piece from the first mentioned stack to be folded up under the other pieces of said stack on the displacement of the bottom piece from the other stack to said first mentioned stack.

4. In a rcoincontrolled vending machine, in combination, a general casing, a vertical tray therein having front and rear sections for stacks of confections, goods-ejectors for said sections, one ejector for ejecting the bottom piece of one stack and the other for displacing the bottom piece of the other stack to the bottom of the first mentioned stack, a manually operative rod for effecting a sale on the introduction of a coin to the machine, and means adapted on the ejection of the first bottom piece from the first mentioned stack to pass under the other pieces of said stack on the displacement of the bottom piece from the other stack to said first mentioned stack.

5. In a coin-controlled vending machine, in combination, a. general casing, a vertical tray therein having front and rear sections for stacks of confections, goods-ejectors for said sections, one ejector for ejecting the bottom piece of one stack and the other for displacing the bottom piece of the other stack to the bottom of the first mentioned stack, and a manually operative rod for effecting a sale on the introduction of a coin to the machine, said ejectors being pivoted and overwcighted at one end to tilt downwardly on their frontward movement below the stacks of confections and thereafter auto matically return to operative position with relation to said stacks.

6. In a coin-controlled vending machine, in combination, a general casing, a vertical tray therein having front and rear sections, arranged back to back, for stacks of confections, goods-ejectors for the respective sections, and manually operative means for, on the introduction of a coin to the machine, actuating said ejectors to eject the bottom piece of one stack and displace the bottom piece of the other stack to the bottom of the first mentioned stack, whereby after the said bottom piece of the first stack has been ejected the sales willbe of the pieces originally contained in said other stack until all thereof have been disposed of, after which the pieces in the first stack will be sold.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 24th day of May A. D. 1918.

' HARVEY GILES. lVitnesses ARTHUR MARION, CHAS. C. GILL. 

